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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
400 PM MST SAT MAR 30 2002

MTZ001>003-043-310500-
KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-WEST GLACIER REGION-FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS-
BLACKFOOT REGION-
INCLUDING...DRUMMOND...SEELEY LAKE...KALISPELL...POLSON...
ST. IGNATIUS...LIBBY...EUREKA...SWAN LAKE

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST MONTANA MONDAY...

A MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM AND AN ADVANCING ARCTIC FRONT WILL
COMBINE FOR POTENTIALLY HEAVY SNOW AND COLD TEMPERATURES IN
NORTHWEST MONTANA MONDAY. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE
ARCTIC AIR CREATING THE POTENTIAL FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...
ALONG WITH WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES FALLING BELOW ZERO.

THIS STORM SYSTEM MAY CHANGE IN INTENSITY OR TIMING...BUT THE
POTENTIAL FOR SNOW AND COLD WEATHER EXISTS. CHECK THE LATEST
STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS FOR DETAILS ON THIS DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM.

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LAKE/WHITMORE